A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict.
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Develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the U.S. armed forces in fulfilling roles and missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost--with special attention to the recent phenomenon of contracting-out security t…
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The founder of Blackwater, the world's most controversial military contractor, describes how the company took on high-risk security jobs around the world, completing nearly 100,000 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have opponents tarnish their reputation.
Over the past decade, states and international organizations have shifted a surprising range of foreign policy functions to private contractors. Though little noticed by the public, the extent of this shift is breathtaking: contractors working for for-profit and nonprofit organi…
